Palestinian children's plight
A study under way for the U.S. Agency for International Development is finding that malnutrition among Palestinian children in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip has increased substantially during the
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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A program to avoid appalling deterioration
President Jimmy Carter asked a group of us in his administration to prepare what became the 'Global 2000 Report to the President'. Our task was to project what population and environmental outcomes
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Japanese scramble to contain sale of tainted diet medicines
Japanese health officials, hounded by growing worries about the safety of the coutnry's food supply, have a new concern: how to stop proliferation of tainted weight-loss supplements that have killed
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Zimbabwe balks at modified corn
Thousands of tons of U.S. emergency food aid destined for Zimbabwe has been diverted to other countries, and a new shipload may be diverte within days because the donations include genetically
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Smoke leaves Russians gasping
The people in Russia's largest city Nizhny Novgorod are suffering a lot, their eyes are becoming red, and losing their breath and they can't see everything. This is the effect of raging wildfires
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An eye on the Amazon
Last month Brazil inaugurated a high-tech radar system to keep watch on Amazon jungle. The American-financed $1.4 billion Amazon Vigilance System will help catch drug smugglers and detect incursions
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Fears rise in Zimbabwe as deadline nears for whites to leave farms
This is the season for winter wheat, the time when lush, green seedlings usually blanket the earth. But these days, the roaring tractors have been silenced and many fertile farms are idle. In this
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New drugs are calming to autistics
Parents and educators can control the tantrums, aggression and self injurious behavior of children with autism and related disorders by placing them on an anti-psychotic medicine that is approved
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Flood waters cause havoc across Europe
Dozens of Austrian villagers awaited rescue from rooftoops after some of Europe's worst flooding in decades turned rives and streets into raging torrents. At least 19 people were killed in Russia.
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U.S. seeks to limit sea environment law
The Bush administration is arguing that a major environmental law does not apply to a vast tract of oceans under U.S. control, a move that environmentalists say could allow military maneuvers, oil